scope:

The IEEE 1680™ family of standards defines environmental performance criteria for electronic products. The scope of this document is to provide guidelines and implementation procedures for the standards included in the IEEE 1680 family of standards. Each standard in the IEEE 1680 family of standards shall address criteria for a specific product or group of products in at least the following eight categories of environmental performance: reduction or elimination of environmentally sensitive materials, materials selection, design for end of life, life cycle extension, energy conservation, end-of-life management, corporate performance, and packaging.

Purpose

This standard provides guidelines and implementation procedures for this IEEE 1680 family of standards. The standards within the family will provide clear and consistent performance criteria for the design of electronic products, thereby providing an opportunity to secure market recognition for efforts to reduce the environmental impact of electronic products. This family of standards is intended to provide a tool for government, institutional, and corporate purchasers. Product manufacturers may also use this tool to earn recognition in the consumer market, recognizing that certain criteria may not be applicable to all types of purchasers. Applicability will be specified in each individual standard.

The environmental performance criteria of the IEEE 1680 family of standards are intended to define a measure of environmental leadership in: the design and manufacture of electronic products; the delivery of specified services that are associated with the sale of the product; and in associated corporate performance characteristics.

This family of standards is defined with the intention that the criteria are technically feasible to achieve, but that only products demonstrating the leading environmental performance currently available in the marketplace would meet them at the time of their adoption. As the environmental performance of products that are available in the marketplace improves, it is intended that the criteria will be updated and revised to set a higher performance standard for leadership products.

This standard is intended to serve as a baseline for further environmental standards for additional electronic products to be developed in the future. References to IEEE Std 1680 likewise reference, unless otherwise specified, the individual product standards in the IEEE 1680 family of standards.